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Mark T. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1004) interviewed by Louis Rosenblum and Lya Dyn Rosenblum,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1004

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Mark T., who was born in Lwów, Poland in 1919. He recounts emigration of two of his five siblings in the 1930s; ethnic tensions including antisemitism; Soviet occupation; being drafted into the Soviet air force in 1940; serving in Voronezh; returning home due to illness; German invasion in June 1941; help from an Ukrainian friend; deportation to Janikowo in 1942; working as the doctor's assistant thus avoiding hard labor; receiving extra food from Polish kitchen workers; escape to his hometown; incarceration and escaping twice again; hiding in a forest bunker with his sister when all Jews were evacuated from the town; receiving assistance from Poles and Ukrainians; liberation by Soviet troops; hearing antisemitic remarks; traveling to Austria, then Germany; studying dentistry; marriage; and emigration to join his sister in the United States.
Author/Creator: T., Mark, 1919-
Published: Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1987
Interview Date: January 25, 1987.
Locale: Soviet Union
Austria
Poland
Germany
L'viv (Ukraine)
Voronezh (Russia)
Cite As: Mark T. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1004). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Rosenblum, Louis, interviewer.
Rosenblum, Lya Dyn, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony has intermittent audio drop out.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 26 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Soviet occupation.
Aid by non-Jews.
Forests.
Bunkers.
Postwar experiences.
Hiding.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Draft--Soviet Union. Escapes. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. Forced labor. Brothers and sisters. Jewish ghettos. Austria. Poland. Germany. L'viv (Ukraine) Voronezh (Russia) Oral histories (document genres) T., Mark,--1919-

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4282814
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4282814

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